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EDWIN LAMPMAN, OF ,GATSKKILIM NEW YORK. Letters .Patent No. 60,525, dated December 18, 1866.

To ALL wHoM 1r MAYl GONGERN: ,t

Beit known that I, EDWIN LAMPMAN, of Catskill, in the county ofnGreene, and State of New York, have invented certain new and luseful improvements in Centre-Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the'same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tov the letters of reference marked thereon. l

In the annexed drawings, making p'art of this specification, A represents the leg of the. table, which. rests upon the ordinary triangular base, B, towhich casters may be attached if desired; C represents a wooden or metallic disk, which is composed of two parts, as shown in iig. 1, and which is permanently Secured tothe top of the leg, A; a, represents a. conical plug or pin, which, after passing through a conical hole, in which it is made to tin the upper part of the disk C, is securely attached to the under side of that portion of the table-top marked D. The leg, H, is secured eccentrically to the disk, C', as shown.' D represents a leaf of the table-top, D, and is' hinged to it inthe usual manner. 'By revolving the table-top partially in one direction, the leaf, D', is supported by means ofthe disk, C, as seen in iig. 2, the position of the disk being shown in red lines. By revolving the said top partially in the opposite direction again, the disk, C, passes' from under ,the'lea D', and said leaf is thus allowed to turn down upon its hinge. This arrangement of parts gives a centre-table with a leaf` which can be raised or lowered without anyapparent mechanism for that purpose, and one which. is not liable to get ont of order, and which can be constructed very cheaply. v v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the disk C, as constructed with the leg A., pin or plug'a, and top D, asand'fortho purpose herein set forth. i

As evidence that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN LAMPMAN.

Witnesses y Encan RUSSELL, GEORGE BENCH. 

